Platts: Turkey could emerge as the EU's Mediterranean gas hub

Turkey could become Europe's Mediterranean gas hub in the next 5-10 years with the country's burgeoning domestic needs boosting its potential for transitting gas to meet the EU's growing demand, if the political will can be found, said Jerome Ferrier, the president of the International Gas Union.

"One cannot decree a hub, you need a market. It took 15 years for Europe to build its hubs," Ferrier said.

Turkey could be a good candidate to become the center of the Med-hub as it has an energy need, said the chief of the IGU, the global gas association which organized the World Gas Conference in Paris this week.

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